After having two children, I have realised that parents don’t raise the first child and the second child in the same way. If you ask the parents, they will claim they do, but that’s not true. Maybe they love them equally, but the effort they put into them is definitely not equal. When the first … Read more
My son Ritwik turns thirteen today. He was born on 1 July 2013, and today, after thirteen years of being a child, he has officially entered that dangerous phase of life where the voice starts changing, opinions become stronger, parents become less intelligent, and friends become everything. For his thirteenth birthday, we are giving him … Read more
There are certain things every parent believes about their children – that they need us, that they are innocent, and that they will miss us if we vanish for a few hours. No sir! That’s very far from the truth. When you are away, your kid is definitely NOT going to sit quietly, finish homework, … Read more
I am not sure how it is for you, but as Rekha and I are growing older, going to a restaurant seems to be the only outing we are comfortable with. Think about it. You sit in the car while driving to the restaurant. Then you sit at the table while the food comes to … Read more
When Rhea said she wanted to study Culinary Arts at the Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad, my first reaction was to ask her why a woman would study so much only to end up in the kitchen for the rest of her life. But since both Rekha and I knew that parenting is often the … Read more
You are on your way to the hospital in an ambulance….are you lucky or unlucky? Now for some context…. On 14 April at 5.50 am we had to catch a Vande Bharat train from Chennai Central to Mysore, and then drive 4 hours to Kannur. This was the first of five short trips we would … Read more
Sometime back we named our son, Ritwik. In fact the same day we even booked RitwikRajan.com. Apparently, in US & Europe you have to decide on a name for your kid within two days of their birth. That is it – 2 days. Meanwhile, here in India, twenty five days after Rekha and I had … Read more
It all started very early one day – 2 am on 18 May 2009, to be precise. Rhea, our three-year-old daughter, who used to sleep between my wife and me sat up on the bed and started crying. If you have a kid, you know how scary these things look when they cry in the … Read more